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UAW president pushes for 'works council' at VW Tennessee plant

2013-09-04 09:11:47| Automakers - Topix.net

United Auto Workers President Bob King met with Volkswagen AG and German labor leaders last Friday in an attempt to move toward German-style worker representation at the VW plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, German union sources said on Tuesday.

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UAW official hopes for 8K more Ford jobs

2013-08-30 08:06:24| Automakers - Topix.net

Ford Motor Co. is about three-quarters of the way through a 12,000 hourly worker hiring spree that it promised the United Auto Workers in 2011, but one high ranking union official said Thursday that Ford could eventually add another 8,000 hourly jobs.

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AK Steel's Rockport Works, UAW Members Ratify Labor Deal

2013-08-29 01:34:19| Steel - Topix.net

AK Steel said today that members of the United Auto Workers Local 3044 have ratified a four-year labor agreement covering about 195 hourly production employees at the company's Rockport Works.

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Ford, UAW launch two-year pilot to cut blue-collar medical costs

2013-06-24 22:22:03| Automakers - Topix.net

Ford Motor Co is launching a two-year pilot program with the United Auto Workers and a UAW-affiliated retiree healthcare trust aimed at lowering medical costs for the second-largest U.S. automaker's active and retired hourly workers.

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